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Old 02-17-2020, 12:14 AM   #1
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Tag a book on import with the directories in the source path of the book
Until know I have organised my books in a directory structure in the vein of

.../ebooks/fiction/fantasy/flint/Torch of Freedom.epub

I now would like to move all my ebooks into a Calibre library. I know I can do this with the Add books from directories and sub-directories action. However I would like to write the names of the directories in the path of a book as tags to the book's metadata (overwriting all preset tags coming from the ebook publisher).

So for the example above I would like Torch of Freedom after import to be tagged with fiction, fantasy and flint.

How can I do this to all the books in this directory structure?
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Old 02-17-2020, 12:20 AM   #2
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Write a script that uses calibredb add --tags=whatever book_file

https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/gen...calibredb.html
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Old 02-17-2020, 12:38 AM   #3
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Thanks kovidgoyal!

One question though: When I use calibredb add to add a book are the other metadata (author, etc) still taken from the book?
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Old 02-17-2020, 12:58 AM   #5
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FWIW: I use the GetFileName optional plugin, I have it configured to put the path of the file that creates a book into a custom column (#camefrom/Came From), see ==>> Index of plugins

I have a few saved bulk S&R regexes to do some wrangling of the file path into other columns

Its a File Type plugin -- towards the end of the list.

Not sure if the PI gets invoked via calibredb add command.

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yes .
Cool. Thanks.
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